Ray Stoeve

Sixteen-year-old Arden Grey is struggling. Her mother has left their family, her father and her younger brother won't talk about it, and a classmate, Tanner, keeps harassing her about her sexuality—which isn't even public. She knows she likes girls romantically, but she thinks she might be asexual. At least she's got her love of film photography and her best and...

Dean Foster knows he's a trans guy. He's watched enough YouTube videos and done enough questioning to be sure. But everyone at his high school thinks he's a lesbian—including his girlfriend, Zoe, and his theatre director, who just cast him as a "nontraditional" Romeo. He wonders if maybe it would be easier to wait until college to come out. But...

Ray Stoeve’s The Summer Love Strategy is a sweet and swoony YA rom-com about two friends making a pact to find summer romance like they’ve seen in the movies—and finding love where they least expect it along the way! Hayley always has a crush. The problem is, her crushes never like her back. After her latest unrequited love—a girl from...

New from Ray Stoeve comes an enemies-to-lovers romance about nemeses who are forced to share their school’s Queer Alliance presidency following a tie in the election. Worst-Case Scenario follows Sidney, who has one goal for their junior year. Well...two, if they’re being honest. Number one: become president of their school’s Queer Alliance club. And number two: keep their self-diagnosed anxiety...

A moving YA debut about a trans boy finding his voice—and himself Between Perfect and Real follows Dean Foster, a trans guy who is certain of his identity. He has watched enough YouTube videos and done enough questioning to be sure of who he is. However, at his high school, everyone thinks he is a lesbian—including his girlfriend Zoe and...